A Collection of Texts in Doeh

What follows is a collection of texts intended to illustrate the language in more natural and extended use than the glossed examples found in the grammar.

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

Mav zhäty pøt shuj bip pos gyzh lʉn lʉsh gen kym jus llʉw kym sumizh. Llillah zhäty mam vuzh gih tyʉt byty, llʉw gaw zhäty mam dyig zhyb lejä dyig lludy gih lʉn lʉsh, pʉnab sitäv zhäty mam tyn. Bʉj zhäty mam shib täh sugegäsh faty täk llʉw shib täh sugegas faty nityish täk. Mav zhäty mam sugeg shʉb lʉn tetyf, llʉw mav zhäty mam bolaf täjun lʉn tetyf.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

A Creation Myth

Møllyl llin shib tyä shuj gen. Demøzh zhäty llih llʉw sam mam täk jus gen keb. Mishäz zhäty mam zhikeh gen llʉw kal gen gen täk zhiz gen keb. Jʉv zʉlän zhäty jus sum nof zaz døh dyig laty ha gih lʉn lʉsh. Nøsyn zhäty faz bip llʉw bideh dyig gʉm jebäd gih lʉn lʉsh. Vebʉf zhäty llin jus sum, tyʉlef zhäty faz.

We are not like other people. Their languages were shaped by struggle and time. They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that. But our language arose in a different way. It was born whole and perfect in a single breath. Our language did not evolve; it was created.

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